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Murray Mine

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103678
MRDS ID M045812
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.06645, 46.51666 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES NW SUDBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Selenium Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.06645, 46.51666
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Marginal Deposit Adjacent To Norite

Comments on the geologic information

  • XENOLITHS ARE PERIDOTITE, GABBRO, AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1268.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR. 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 21

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 90

  • Deposit

    SOUCH, B. E., AND PODOLSKY, T., 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 258, 259

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN SUDBURY SUBLAYER, AT BASE OF NICKEL IRRUPTIVE.
Deposit MINE ON STANDY SINCE 1971.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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